
Charting a Course for American Education
from out on a limb at the executive branch
- English
- ePUB (mobile friendly)
- Available on iOS & Android
About this book
It turns out that you can be honest and modest and succeed in Washingtonājust don't stay too long.
An apolitical academic, an unknown, is appointed to the White House to advise the administration on STEM education, a topic absent of interest by the president. Until that is, fans begin to accumulate, and momentum builds. A hire of disinterested necessityāmerely an act of compliance with Congressābecomes a pivotal character triangulated between a workforce-focused West Wing, federal agencies fiercely guarding their independence, and a national groundswellāindeed an emerging movementādesperate for a North Star.
Under pressure and getting heat from Capitol Hill, the administration rolodexed who's whom in STEM and recruited a state servant for the federal chore. Short on time, oblivious to political polarity, unbound to beltway traditions, and unfazed by saboteurs, the Midwesterner blazed new trails for how D.C. can work in setting education policy.
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Table of contents
- Testimonials
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- Dedication
- Who Is This book For?
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Mission Accomplished
- 2 āHello, This Is Bethanyā¦ā
- 3 A Day in the Life
- 4 Charting a Course
- 5 Of the People, by the People, and for the People of STEM
- 6 Cherry Blossoms and STEMs
- 7 Crossing the Rubicon
- 8 Other Duties as Assigned
- 9 Fourth-Quarter Crunch
- 10 Unplanned Encore
- Epilogue
- About the Author
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